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Dahr Jamail | As Casualties Mount, Scientists Say Global Warming Has Been “Hugely Underestimated“
As the signs of runaway anthropogenic climate disruption continue to escalate, a new study reports that climate change is “worse than we thought” because it is happening "faster than …
Dark Day for Democracy: SCOTUS Allows Racially-Motivated Disenfranchisement of Texas Voters
Despite uncontested findings of purposeful discrimination in the GOP law, strict new Photo ID restrictions allowed to take effect.
Edward Snowden and the Golden Age of Spying: An Interview With Laura Poitras
Director Laura Poitras, like reporter Glenn Greenwald, is now known almost as widely as Edward Snowden himself, for helping facilitate his entry into the world.
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The Evaporation of Democracy
Popular control over decisions that affect people's freedom and well-being is becoming increasingly weaker.
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Ebola Hysteria Fever: A Real Epidemic
Ebola hysteria seems to have infected somewhere close to 300 million.
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Documents Show US Siding With Israel in Death of Its Own Citizen
The US was complicit in hindering investigation of Israel's execution of a US citizen and other crimes in halting the 2010 Gaza Freedom flotilla, according to documents.
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Domestic Terrorism Allegations Appear to Be Used as War Propaganda
Some terrorism investigations appear to be deliberate attempts to stimulate popular support for the war against ISIS.
Keeping Faith in Democracy
“Democracy has been meant to remove the artificial constraints, poverty is the huge artificial constraint on human thought and action,” says author Marilynne Robinson.
Sectarianization: Steven Heydemann and Joshua Landis on the Trajectory of the Syrian Nightmare
Two leading Syria experts, Steven Heydemann and Joshua Landis, talk about the “big picture” of the Syrian conflict and the wider crisis.
In Tight Midterms Facing Low Turnout, Colorado’s Senate Race Could Decide Who Controls Congress
Republican candidate Cory Gardner and Democratic incumbent Mark Udall are neck and neck in the polls.